Bottle-closure.



H. P SUIT.

BOTTLE CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED 13130.10, 1912.

Patentd June 23,1914.

HARRY F. SUIT, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented June 23, this.

Application filed December 10, 1912. Serial No. 736,003.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, HARRY F. SUIT, a citizen of the United States, residing at v Washington, in the District of Columbia, ,have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Closures,of which the following is a specification.

justed whereby to effect the removal of the ordinary closing water of the bottle and then adjusted to the neck of the bottle whereby to eiiectually close the same when 'the b ottle is in use.'

Another object of the invention is the proyision of a closure which can be quickly rem'ovedirom one bottle and connected with another as the occasion'may demand.

A still further object ofthe invention to provide a closure which may be adjusted iby the same hand of the operator which is employed when canting the bottle to displace its contents.

Another object of the invention is to con struct a closure with an attaching portion which when associated with the neckpf the bottle will serve to hold the closure in its initial adjusted position upon the neck during the operation of moving the closing cap to different positions.

4 With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists of certain novel features of construct on, combination and arrange n'ient of parts, as will be hereinafter declosing cap; and

scribedand claimed.

'IIn the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a, perspective view of a bottle showing the application of the closure thereto; Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the closure associated with the ordinary sealing water of .lthe bottle whereby to efiect the removal of the wafer Fig. 3 is aside view ota portion of a bottle, showing the manner of con-- n'ecting the closure therewith; Fig. 4 is a .side view, showing the bottle partly canted and illustrating-an open adjustment of the- Fig. 5 is a section taken zvertically through the neck of the bottle and --through a. portion of the closure.

. With, a View to providing a closure which ill accommodate itself to any standard size of bottle and which may be arranged thereon so as to form a desirable seal for the bottle when the initial sealing wafer is removed, I provide a metallic closing cap 1 having a peripheral flange 2, which is adapted to embrace the upper portion of the neck A of the bottle B herein shown. Said cap 1 is provided witha lateral extension 3 having depending ears 4 thereon which are associated with the sides of similar ears 5 which extend -\trora a supporting bracket 6. A hinge pin 7 is extended through all of the ears and as illustrated said pin is embraced by a spring 8 which has one terminal engaged against the bracket 6 and another terminal engaged against the manipulating lip 9 of the extension 3, whereby under the ofiice of the spring the cap 1 will be normally held over the neck of the bottle.

The supporting bracket 6 is secured in any lsuitable well known manner to one side of a split spring band 10, the latter being adapted to embrace the neck of the bottle beneath the uppermost bulge or head 0 of the bottle,

so as to hold the cap 1 against accidental de- Qrangement from the neck when the cap is adjusted to difierent'positions. The supporting bracket 6 is curvedupwardly thereon so as to lie in mutual contact with the outer curved surface of the bead C of the downward movement of the device on the neck oi the bottle when pressure is applied to the lip 9 to efiect opened adjustments of the When ad usting the device to the neck of the bottle, the split band 10 is arranged-at an angle to the neck whereby to extend against the'edge thereof and to permit the pressure of the hands of the operator to be applied against the upper edges of the band with a resultant expansion of the adjacent sides of the band and with a final adjustment of the band to a pointbelow the plane otthe bead C as shown particularly in Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawing. a f

In order that the usual sealing wafer 11 of the bottle may be removed prior to the initial association of the hereinbefore described closure to the bottle, I provide the peripheral flange'2 with an extracting spur 12 of substantially triangular configuration. Said spur is curved around the external portion of the neck whereby to form a keeper to pre vent the disk- 1 from opening accidentally when the manipulating portion thereof is hroughtainto contact with objects when lifting the bottle from place to place. The fact that the spur 12 is of triangular configura tion, it 'Will be evident that the friction be-- 5 tween the spur and the neck of the bottle will be minimized so that a slight pressure of the hand against the manipulating portion will be required to effect an opened adjustment of the disk 1. The cap 1 is first ar- 0 ranged at an angle to the Water 11 and pres sure is then applied to the cap so as to cause the spur 12 to enter the Wafer 11. I he disk .1 is then rocked so that diametrically opposite points of the disk will be brought into contact with adjacent surfaces of the bead 25 Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as claimed.

Having thus described my inventiom'what I claim is A'bottle closure comprising a split band adapted to embrace the entire circumference of the neck of the bottle, a bracket carried by and extending upwardly from said band, said bracket beingsecured so as to liein contact with the neck of the bottle to hold the band against movement in one direction, a flat member'having an integral manipulating lip and pivotally connected to the bracket, a spring engaging the bracket and lip to hold the flat member in closed position,

an annular neck embracing flange formed on and depending from the sa1d flat member, and an extracting prong formed integrally with and depending from the marginal flange. I In testnnony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HARRY F; SUIT.

lrVitnesses JAMES A. KOEHL, E.E1)MoNsroN,Jr. 

